Jun 15, 2013

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Facebook Discloses Basic Data on Law-Enforcement Requests
New York Times (blog)
Facebook on Friday disclosed for the first time how many requests for data about its 1.1 billion users it had gotten from law enforcement authorities in the United States. The social networking company said that in the last six months of 2012, it had 9 ...
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Ecuador law sparks fears of media curbs
Financial Times
Ecuador's Congress on Friday passed a divisive media law that could tighten restrictions on newspapers and television stations in what many believe to be a blow to freedom of speech. Observers hailed the move as a victory for firebrand president Rafael ...
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Law minister distances himself from 2007 emergency
DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD, June 14: Minister for Law and Justice Zahid Hamid on Friday said he was not responsible for the proclamation of the November 2007 emergency by then president Gen Pervez Musharraf. Mr Hamid also held the portfolio of law minister in the ...
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Law should boost 2020 Olympic bid
Times of Malta
Spain brought itself into line with international guidelines when its parliament approved a new anti-doping law this week, saying it would boost Madrid's chances of hosting the 2020 Olympic Games. The 'law for the protection of athletes' health and the ...
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Oscar's Law brings RSPCA at Lonsdale convoy of support
Herald Sun
Oscar's Law founder Debra Tranter said she was in awe of the outpouring of donations - which also include collars, leads, bowls and flea treatments and shampoo - received after placing a call-out on their Facebook page. "We have three carloads we ...
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Big Law Reaches Settlement In Discrimination Case; Sued In Another
Wall Street Journal
There have been two new developments on the employment litigation front involving Big Law this week. Proskauer Rose LLP has reached a settlement in a 2011 discrimination lawsuit by Elly Rosenthal, the firm's former chief financial officer. Patton Boggs ...
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Law enforcement agencies across country amassing DNA databases; some ...
The Birmingham News - al.com
A growing number of law enforcement agencies across the country have begun keeping their own DNA databases of potential suspects. Many are doing this under the radar as a way of not having to rely on state and national crime labs, according to a New ...
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Stock Law Leaves Congress Leeway
Wall Street Journal- India
WASHINGTON—Dozens of members of Congress had financial stakes in companies they oversaw as part of their congressional duties in 2012, spotlighting what some critics see as a blind spot in the law banning insider trading on Capitol Hill. The chairman ...
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The law must be changed if surgeons are using it to prevent disclosure of ...
Telegraph.co.uk
SIR – We agree wholeheartedly with your leading article ("Honesty in the NHS", June 13). Indeed this week the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust (UHSM) became the first trust to publish the clinical results and patients' ...
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Law Would Let Police Search Your Phone After Accidents
TIME
Imagine getting into a minor fender bender on the way to work. After checking your license and registration, the police officer on the scene starts rifling through your phone, checking your most recent text messages and your call log, all to make sure ...
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New law targets slower Florida drivers
WPTV
driver_20130614220855_JPG. A new law is forcing Florida drivers to move over if they are driving too slow. Those who do not move out of the way could pay a price. Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be ...
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Will act according to law; HK government on US whistleblower
Business Standard
The Hong Kong government today said it will handle the case of the defection of US whistleblower and former CIA contractor Edward Snowden in accordance with the law while taking a decision over his stay. Breaking his silence on Snowden affair, the Hong ...
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Law student takes new law course, creates software, wins award
National Post
What happens when law schools start teaching their students to be entrepreneurs and deliver legal services differently? The world changes. Just ask Michigan State University College of Law student Kathleen Hennessy, whose new software program, Risk ...
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SC law to help veterans find civilian work
The State
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lawmakers hope to give South Carolina a boost in the next round of base closures with measures aimed at helping military families adjust when they move from another state and make the transition to civilian life. A law Gov. Nikki ...
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Law vs. intent in last minute pension change
Montana Standard
HELENA — Some legislators were surprised to learn that a new pension-fix law increases contributions by workers and government agencies for only six months, but keeps in place lower cost-of-living pension adjustments for retirees possibly into the ...
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IRS scandals jeopardize agency funding to put in place Obama's massive new ...
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Mounting scandals at the Internal Revenue Service are jeopardizing critical funding for the agency as it gears up to play a big role in President Barack Obama's health care law. Obama sought a significant budget increase for the IRS for ...
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Media Law reaches Supreme Court
Buenos Aires Herald
The Supreme Court will to rule on the constitutionality of the Broadcasting Law passed in 2009 and frozen due to complaints filed by the media group Clarín. The first courtroom of the National Civil and Commercial Court decided yesterday that the ...
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Texas gov. signs 'Merry Christmas' law; says religious freedom is not freedom ...
Washington Post (blog)
AUSTIN, Texas — Surrounded by sleigh bell-ringing Santa Claus impersonators, Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday signed a law protecting Christmas and other holiday celebrations in Texas public schools from legal challenges — but also stressed that freedom ...
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• New law requires high schools to provide remediation
Reporter-Times
High schools will have to identify and provide extra help to high school juniors who may need to take remedial classes in college under a new law that takes effect July 1. The law compels schools to test students during their junior year, whether or ...
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Health-care law unaffordable for low-wage workers
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
WASHINGTON — It's called the Affordable Care Act, but President Barack Obama's health care law may turn out to be unaffordable for many low-wage workers, including employees at big chain restaurants, retail stores and hotels. That might seem strange ...
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Law of the jungle at Mukuvisi!
The Zimbabwe Standard
The law tall, leggy of the jungle clicked in and the heron — it looked a bit like Leo Mugabe? — took to the air, soaring silently across to the 60cm swimming cormorant who, in panic at the rapid approach of the shadow of a bird measuring 140cm, lost ...
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Ecuador approves law curtailing private media
Aljazeera.com
"One of this law's main flaws is the creation of a new mechanism for regulating the traditional media and their websites. Another is its attempt to influence how the profession of journalism is defined and practised," Reporters Without Borders said on ...
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Irish law to allow abortions for first time
Pune Mirror
London: New law would permit abortions for the first time if a woman's life is in danger medically or she is at the risk of suicide in Ireland. According to the Guardian, the bill, if passed, includes a list of the 24 hospitals where abortions in these ...
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New law allows asylum seeker detention
Radio New Zealand
The Government says the passing of a new law gives it the tools to deal with a mass arrival of asylum-seekers. The Immigration Amendment Bill passed its final reading in Parliament by 63 votes to 53 on Thursday evening and was opposed by the Labour, ...
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Daughters-in-law abuse elderly more, says HelpAge India study
The Hindu
Daughters-in-law are the worst abusers of the elderly in homes in Thiruvananthapuram, a study conducted by HelpAge India says. The study, covering 24 cities including the Kerala capital, released here on Friday, says that daughters-in-law constituted ...
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New law to limit hours for truckers
KAIT
JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - A health agency has launched a controversial teen pregnancy prevention campaign to help increase awareness and education about teen pregnancy. The campaign from the Chicago Department. The campaign from the Chicago ...
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Law is the Law ... Interpretation Stretch
The Missourian
We are well aware that we must obey the laws of the country even if we think some are unnecessary and even silly. We also know we must accept interpretations of the law and provisions of our constitutions, state and federal. We also must obey local ...
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Ultrasound Law Latest Affront To Women's Rights
Huffington Post
Ultrasound Law Latest Affront To Women's Rights. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said he'd sign a bill requiring women to get ultrasounds before an abortion, and seven other states are also pushing new abortion legislation. Is this surge about restricting ...
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The Volokh Conspiracy » Colorado Law Limiting Sale of "Magazines ...
By Eugene Volokh
UPDATE: For an interesting law review article by the Colorado Solicitor General (Daniel Domenico) on the executive and legislative branches' role in evaluating the constitutionality of laws, see here. Categories: Freedom of Speech ...
The Volokh Conspiracy
Gov. Inslee signs estate tax fix into law | The Columbian
By RACHEL LA CORTE, Associated Press
OLYMPIA -- A legislative fix to a court ruling on the estate tax was signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee early Friday morning, hours before the state was to start issuing millions of dollars in refunds.
The Columbian stories
Petitioning the state of Guatemala to ensure due process of law in ...
By Xeni Jardin
Benjamin Manuel Geronimo, massacre survivor, and representative of Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR), speaking in the genocide trial in Guatemala City on May 9, 2010. As regular Boing Boing readers know, I traveled to ...
Boing Boing
Miss.'s New Gun Law: Good, Bad and Ugly | Jackson Free Press ...
By R.L. Nave
When a new law goes into effect on July 1, it's going to feel like the Wild West in Mississippi. Not only because the law permits individuals to carry guns and other weapons in plain view and without a permit but also because the law is so vague ...
Jackson Free Press stories
The Game Compares Anti-Sagging Law to Modern Day Slavery ...
By Sandra Rose
Rapper The Game is speaking out against a New Jersey ban that prohibits sagging pants on the world famous boardwalk. The law bans the wearing of pants that sag 3 inches below the hips, exposing skin or underwear. But Game, whose real ...
Sandra Rose
Law Enforcement: Smartphones Should Include 'Kill Switch' | citydesk
By George Prentice
A group of law enforcement officials from across the country want a feature installed into phones that would serve as a "kill switch," allowing the...
Boise Weekly
Beat-the-odds students explore the law at University of Minnesota ...
Beating-the-educational-odds stories are popular this graduation time of year. More than that, they are heartening.
Twin Cities Daily Planet | Latest...
France's Hadopi Law Faces Uncertain Future | GamePolitics
By james_fudge
After three years in place and "millions" of threatening letters being sent to alleged illegal file sharers in France, the French three-strikes anti-piracy law Hadopi has finally led to the disconnection of one person from the Internet. The individual ...
GamePolitics blogs
Breaking News: Local Unions Attempt to Circumvent Indiana's Right ...
By Anthony Riedel
Union officials game system to collect union dues and fees despite Indiana's popular Right to Work law. Indianapolis, IN (June 14, 2013) – In separate cases, two Indianapolis-area workers have filed charges against two local unions for ...
National Right to Work Legal...
Worried about NSA surveillance? Meet the proposed laws to curb ...
By Alex Wilhelm
While most of the two programs' support comes from inside the government, the activities have also found opposition from members of Congress, in both chambers. There are several proposed laws that are worth knowing, so let's dig in.
The Next Web
Legal Theory Blog: Karton on Global Law
By Lawrence Solum
Joshua D. H. Karton (Queen's University (Canada) - Faculty of Law) has posted Global Law: The Spontaneous, Gradual Emergence of a New Legal Order (17(2) Tilburg Law Review, pp. 276-284, 2012) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This ...
Legal Theory Blog
Supreme Court agrees to hear union law challenge
By Andrew Beckett
The state Supreme Court on Friday announced it would directly hear an appeal in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Governor Scott Walker's controversial law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public employees.
Wisconsin Radio Network
"Misplaced Boldness: The Avoidance of Substance in the ...
By Timothy William Waters
The International Court of Justice's Kosovo Advisory Opinion is a masterpiece of avoidance. The Court has lived to run another day, and one can only admire the judges' skill in arriving at the vacant place between difficult and clashing ...
Duke Law Scholarship Repository

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Kyle Graham | Santa Clara Law - Santa Clara University School of Law
Prior to joining the Santa Clara University School of Law faculty in 2009, he worked as deputy district attorney in Mono County, California. Other previous ...
law.scu.edu/faculty/profile/graham-kyle/
General Laws: CHAPTER 200A, Section 5D
Section 5D. A gift certificate, as defined in section 1 of chapter 255D, sold or offered to be sold shall be valid for not less than 7 years after its date of issuance.
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/.../Section5...
Girl-Gang Movies: 13 Memorable Law-Breaking Flicks - The ...
AlamySisterhood is powerful, as the saying goes -- including when it's operating on the wrong side of the law. That the real-life thieves depicted in.
news.moviefone.com/.../girl-gang-movies-13-memorable-law-...
Autism insurance law leaves some families out | kxan.com - Austin
A Texas law aims to save thousands of dollars in annual out of-pocket therapy bills for families ...
www.kxan.com/.../autism-insurance-law-leaves-some-families-...


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